Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-17
Court NOtes-

Court Notes-
 The case of the United States vs. the Northfeld Knife company charged with inn porting foreign labor under contract will be tried in the United States court at Hartford next Tuesday. Louis E. Stanton, United States district attorney, and H. c. Baldwin, of Naugatuck, will represent the prosecution, while Attorney Graves of Litehfeld and other lawyers will represent the Knife company. The history of the case is as follows: In the month of August, 1886, Frank Cat lin, of the Northfeld Knife company, went to England and contracted with George Mar tin, George Watts, Albert Nicholson, Albert Bartholomew, Albert Greene, Thomas Nose | ly, Thomas Watkins, Joseph Howe, Henry | Blackford, Andrew Mckay, Peter Collls, | Maurice Bromhall, James Williams, Charles Neal, James Williamson and George Baxter to go to Northfeld and work in the knife shop there. The United States government took up the matter, and as a result it will come up for trial next week. The prosecu- ton is confident that the Knife company will be found guilty.
 The following extracts are taken from "An act to prohibit the importation and mi grafton of foreigners or aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor in the United States, it's territories and District of Colum- ! bia, passed by Congress in 1885: Sec. 3. That all contracts or agreements, | express or implied, parole or special, which | may hereafter be made between any person, ! partnership or corporation and any foreigner | or foreigners, alien or aliens, to perform labor | or service or having reference to the per | formance of labor or service by any person ln the United States, it's territories or the Dls- l trict of Columbia, previous to the migration . Nc 0r | whose labor or service is contracted for into \ the United States shall be utterly void and Of no effect.
 Section 3 of the act states that the penalty | for violation of this act shall be $1 .000 for every such offense and that it shall be the ! duty of the district attorney of the proper | district to prosecute every such suit at the | expense of the United States.
 \ If the Knife company is convicted the tine \ will amount to about $16 ,000.
 THE SHORT CALENDAR SESSION. The first short calendar session of the Su- ' perior court since vacation was held yester' | day morning with Judge Sanford on the bench.
 | Attorney James T. Moran, representing the ' firm of Platt & Tyler, presented petition | to the judge asking that the name of the Connecticut River Telegraph company be changed to the Connecticut Telegraph com ! pany. This motion was promptly granted | When this concern first came under it's pres | ent m engagement it's old name was applicable \ enough, but now that the line has beer ' widely extended the old corporate name was
 not sufficiently descriptive of the real busi | ness of the concern, and hence the change.
 Attorney Rogers of the firm of Clark Swan & Rogers asked the court that tht heirs of the late William Parmalee be cited ! in as co-defendants in the case of the Yale
 National bank vs. Parmalee. His application ! was granted.
 Attorney William K Townsend put in al ! appearance with an application to the cour
 reciting that the stockholders of the NeV | England Transfer company had decided ol I July 29th to sell out to the Consolidated roat \ company, of which it has been practically \ part since it's formation, and asking tn ' court to fix limit of time at the expiration | of which claims could not be presented. MT \ Townsend said that all this was merely mat \ ter of form, as the concern did not owe
 dollar. It merely wanted to wind up it's af \ fairs and divide the assets up among tht \ stockholders. The attorney suggested tha
 two months be fixed as the limit of time, anC
 Judge Sanford granted the petition. THE BARNES WILL CASE.
 \ There was further hearing on the con ! tested will case of Mrs. Harriet Barnes be | fore Judge Robertson in the Probate cour ! esterday. Dr. William H. Thompson, 0 ! Fair Haven testified that the woman wa ! ninety-one years old and that for the pas | four or five years she had been suffering ' from progressive mental decay that was en ' tirely due to her advanced years. Other wit I nesses also testified that she was not compe ! tent person to make will. The claim Q | the heirs-at- law is that undue influence wa ! used and that she had not the necessary men \ tai capacity to make will. The heariD | was adjourned until week from this morn
 ing.
 HIS CASE CONTINUED TO OCTOBER Il. Michael Henrietta, of Danbury, was be | fore United States Commissioner Johnson I ! Platt yesterday charged with rectifyin liquors without license and putting eide | brandy in casks that were not stamped C | gauged. He denied the charge in toto. Hi | case was continued to October ii under $200 bond.
 MAKING VOTERS.
 | Judge L. P. Deming and Clerk Bento ! were busy in the Common Pleas court yeste, | day making voters. The demand for citizeI
 ship is not very heavy this year.
 BEFORE JUSTICE GALLAGHER.
 The case of Frank F. Butler ys. Micha | Canavan was tried before Justice John {
 Gallagher yesterday afternoon. The plainti
 sues for damages done to his bicycle by tt | defendants wagon some weeks ago. IT
 bicycle was left resting on the curb in frol
 of the house No. 79 Edwards street and M ! Canavan's son while driving by in mil | wagon rode over the machine and completel
 ruined it. The case was continued until ne1 ! Friday for decision Whiting and Kleiu' II oraIf fo. khA y,1a SnAi nd Tu6r Ir1a